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Chris Nilan

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A native plant nursery devoted to promoting, propagating, and protecting native plants in the Catskills.

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The nursery mid-October by @barkaboomnativeplants

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Tomorrow 10/3 we will be attending the Fall festival from 1-5pm at the very special @spiralhousepark in Saugerties. If you've never been to Spiral House, this is an awesome opportunity to check out a truly incredible public park with landscape art, extensive native gardens, and the Spiral House itself- built from the discarded slabs of an historic bluestone quarry. They have lots of music and activities lined up for adults and kids alike and the weather looks gorgeous.

This will be one of our final sales events of the year which is kind of a shame because it's the best time of year for planting. We'll have dozens of native perennials, shrubs, and grasses for sale, all grown from Hudson Valley or Catskill mountain ecotypic seed. by @barkaboomnativeplants

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Had a high-elevation day yesterday in search of Betula cordifolia seed before it scattered to the wind. It was almost too late but I managed to find a few stunted trees holding onto seed. The boreal forests atop the Catskills highest peaks is one of my favorite communities, with scrubby balsam fir, red spruce, mountain ash, and the aforementioned heart-leaved paper birch as the sole tree-sized woodies on this summit. Ilex mucronata (mountain holly), Viburnum cassinoides (wild raisin), and Rhododendron prinophyllum (early azalea) fill in open areas where there isn't enough soil even for the hardy conifers. taken in Catskill Park by @barkaboomnativeplants

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A quick walkthrough of some of what we'll have at our fall plant sale tomorrow at @catskillforest building in Arkville. We'll be there 10-3. Lots of plants will have fall discounts and it is the best time of year for planting perennials. Also, the @mvillecauliflowerfest will be happening just down the road to check out after by @barkaboomnativeplants

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This coming Saturday 9/19, we are having a fall plant sale with our friends @theforestexchange at the Catskill Forest Association building in Arkville. In addition to our larger plants, we're having our first ever 'plug bar' where folks can mix and match plugs on the spot. No quantity limits or restrictions- buy one or buy 100. We usually only sell plugs in full 50ct trays, so this is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to try out a smaller amount. A species list is still in the works but we will have at least a dozen different species of native forbs and grasses available. by @barkaboomnativeplants

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Late summer bog coring expedition with Doc Kudish near the headwaters of the Beaverkill, the hobblebush ushering us into fall by @barkaboomnativeplants

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The weather is cooling down and it is a great time of year for planting. We will be @kingstonfarmersmarket tomorrow 9/5 from 9-1 with a large selection of native perennials, including a bunch of beautiful shrubs. by @barkaboomnativeplants

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Fall plant sale coming up! Come out on September 19th to the @catskillforest in Arkville where we'll be set up with @theforestexchange selling plants from 10-3. We will have a huge selection of Catskill Mountain and Hudson Valley ecotype native plants, including all of our oddball species that usually doesn't make it to markets. The Forest Exchange will have edible fruit and nut trees including many hard-to-find varieties. Tree planting workshop from 10-12 led by CFA staff, check their website for more info!

Fall is for planting! taken in Arkville, New York by @barkaboomnativeplants

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Good news! We'll be in Delhi tomorrow from 10-2 with around 40 species of native plants. Herbaceous perennials, shrubs, grasses, all seed-grown here in the nursery.

Pic one- Sanguisorba canadensis, american burnett, stealing the show in a front garden planted this spring. This species will flower well into October in happy conditions
Pic two- NY ironweed, sneeze weed, and swamp rose mallow in the rain garden
Pic three- shrubs lined up ready for the market
Four through six- monarch caterpillars on all three of our milkweed species this year, A. tuberosa, incarnata, exaltata by @barkaboomnativeplants

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We've taken some time off this month to spend time with family and enjoy the few remaining weeks of summer break before our daughter starts Kindergarten! But we are back and will be at @kingstonfarmersmarket tomorrow 8/22 with a truckload of seed-grown, Catskills/Hudson Valley ecotypic native perennials. Late summer and fall are one of the best times to plant perennials and we have a ton of great plants to share. Lots of stuff is discounted and we are having a big sale on some really beautiful common elderberry- $30/ea or 2 for $50. This is one of the fastest growing native shrubs and should produce some flowers and fruit next summer. by @barkaboomnativeplants

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Took a morning off this week to visit a favorite local bog. Balsam fir and red spruce grow atop 13,000 years worth of partially decomposed sphagnum and wood which have accumulated to a depth of 30 feet. In sunnier openings pitcher plants and tawny cottongrass abound, alongside many other characteristic bog plants. Bunchberry and creeping snowberry form a carpet in the shadier places. Bogs like this one are among the rarest and most unique communities in the Catskills. taken in Catskills Mountains, NY by @barkaboomnativeplants

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One of the more charismatic pollinators of peak summer- the hummingbird clearwing moth. They don't seem to take a break when the Monarda fistulosa is in bloom, as if they're rushing to capture every last remaining moment of summer. In addition to the wild bergamot they'll visit other native mints and Joe Pye here too. It's great to slow down this time of year and spend some time watching these guys. by @barkaboomnativeplants

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